http://americashorsedaily.com/teaching-your-horse-to-back/ The Complete Source for All Things Horse Mon, 13 Feb 2012 03:29:55 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://americashorsedaily.com/teaching-your-horse-to-back/comment-page-1/#comment-8118 40 Tips for the Trail Rider – America’s Horse Daily Mon, 09 Aug 2010 10:01:53 +0000 http://americashorsedaily.com/?p=7262#comment-8118 [...] hitting the trail, you and your horse should have mastered basic skills in an arena, such as stopping and turning, as well as having control at all [...] [...] hitting the trail, you and your horse should have mastered basic skills in an arena, such as stopping and turning, as well as having control at all [...]

]]> http://americashorsedaily.com/teaching-your-horse-to-back/comment-page-1/#comment-3431 Mary Williams Hyde Tue, 30 Jun 2009 15:15:57 +0000 http://americashorsedaily.com/?p=7262#comment-3431 I always wonder why backing is not taught this way because after the horse gets it the first time he's taught you never have to pull your horse to back again: On one of your FIRST rides of a colt, where you've already taught him to move forward with leg pressure and "kicking", create a barrier with the bit or hackamore and kick or use leg pressure while saying "back" until the horse gets relief by backing a couple of steps. Praise, pet him lavishly. The point is to not pull, just create a a barrier. It is amazing how quickly they figure this out. I love to show off by saying "back" and my horse just scoots backward in a really collected frame as fast as my leg pressure tells him to. The reins stay completely slack. I always wonder why backing is not taught this way because after the horse gets it the first time he’s taught you never have to pull your horse to back again: On one of your FIRST rides of a colt, where you’ve already taught him to move forward with leg pressure and “kicking”, create a barrier with the bit or hackamore and kick or use leg pressure while saying “back” until the horse gets relief by backing a couple of steps. Praise, pet him lavishly. The point is to not pull, just create a a barrier. It is amazing how quickly they figure this out. I love to show off by saying “back” and my horse just scoots backward in a really collected frame as fast as my leg pressure tells him to. The reins stay completely slack.

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